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What I’d Say to My Kids If I Could
I’m a good parent. That means that when my kids are being completely unreasonable and losing their minds about how their soccer socks weren’t washed the last time I did laundry and they don’t have any blue socks left and blue is their favorite color and they CANNOT go...
Conversations on Bugs, Truth and Cracks
Me: What's something cool that happened at school today? 5-year-old: I found three ladybugs on the playground today. Me: You did? 5-year-old: Yeah. I put them in my lunch box. 4-year-old: I found a ladybug. Me: Well, please don't bring bugs in the car. 4-year-old:...
Surprise! We’re Doing the Same Thing We’ve Done Every Other Night
It never fails. We’re coming up on bedtime, and my boys lose their minds and, somehow, forget what it is we’ve done every single night for the entirety of their lives, which, for some, is arguably more than others. But still. Every single night. How do you deviate...
Kids Will Never Let You Forget You Have Kids
Nothing makes me realize how much I miss my boys when they’re at school like a holiday or a bad weather day, when they get to wake up at 6 a.m., even though there’s no school, and hang out with me all day. I’m not even being sarcastic (yet). They’re really cool kids,...
Kids Are Great at Listening and Other Fallacies
6-year-old, to 3-year-old brother: I feel really angry at you, but I don't want to hurt you. 9-year-old: I want to pee outside Husband: No. You're 9 years old. You can no longer pee outside when you're 9 years old. 9-year-old: Why not? Husband: Because--- 9-year-old:...
Why I’m a Parent Who Doesn’t Care
I used to care a whole lot about EVERYTHING. And I mean, everything. I was quite a terrorist, if you ask Husband and my firstborn. I used to care what people thought about me and my parenting choices. I used to care about what my kids looked like, because, of course,...
All the Cool Kids Have Allergies
We live in a much different world than we used to. This is a world where kids are kept close to home and parents call out other parents and, also, everyone and their dog has a food allergy. It’s become the cool thing to be a kid with allergy. At least according to my...
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